[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3669-3670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1686]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-192-000]
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation; Notice of Application
January 17, 1997.
Take notice that on January 10, 1997, New York State Electric & Gas
Corporation (NYSEG), 4500 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, New York
13902-3607, filed in Docket No. CP97-
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192-000, an application pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act,
as amended, and Sec. 284.224 of the Commission's Regulations, for a
limited-jurisdiction blanket certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing NYSEG to provide firm and interruptible storage
services at market-based rates at its Seneca Lake storage field located
in Schuyler County, New York, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.\1\
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\1\ NYSEG is a Hinshaw pipeline which is exempt from the
Commission's jurisdiction under Section 1(c) of the NGA.
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NYSEG states that the storage it intends to perform in interstate
commerce will be made possible through the use of compression already
installed at its Seneca Lake storage field, combined with two
additional compressors, rated at 2,587 horsepower each, which it plans
to install. NYSEG avers that it filed an application on December 16,
1996 with the State of New York Public Service Commission seeking
authority to install these additional compressor units. According to
NYSEG, the additional compression will enable NYSEG to: (1) Inject up
to 72.5 MMcfd of natural gas into storage during a 20-day injection
cycle; and (2) deliver up to 145 MMcfd of natural gas from storage
during the 10-day withdrawal period.
As part of its request, NYSEG asks the Commission to make a
determination under Sec. 284.123(b)(2) of the regulations that the
rates and charges proposed in the application are fair and equitable.
Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference
to said application should on or before February 7, 1997, file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission
will be considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be
taken but will not serve to make the protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to
participate as a party in any hearing therein must file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter
finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment and
grant of certificate are required by the public convenience and
necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if
the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal hearing is
required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for NYSEG to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1686 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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